December 1, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 24º F, it was clear or mostly clear, there was frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.26" since yesterday morning. (30.12 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies. Winds will be calm.

The low today was 22ºF and the high was 51ºF. It was partly cloudy or mostly clear at 6 PM.
     
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.
      
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 28º F, the high was 39º F, and 0.87" of precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:00 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    52ºF            33ºF
Record (KBWG)    71°F (1933)     10°F (1877)

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City. The record high for Tennessee was 113º F on August 9, 1930 at Perryville. (2010 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the record low or high has been recorded multiple times for a state, the latest is reported here.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

11/30/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.29" at Erwin. There were 302 reports from Tennessee.  The most new snow was 2.4" at Erwin.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.10" at Hendersonville.  
    
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 487 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.86" at Port Huron. There were 135 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 9.0" at Lansing.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.08" at Niles.
   
So far 7170 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.92" at Urbana, Indiana.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
None   
             
The most new snow reported was 25.0" at Sleetmute, Alaska.  
The most snow reported on the ground was 18.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
November 2011 had 6.50" of rain, the average low temperature was 41.4ºF and the average high was 60.2ºF.
November 2010 had 5.61" of rain, the average low temperature was 38.4º F and the average high was 59.8º F.
November 2009 had 0.87" of rain, the average low temperature was 41.3ºF and the average high was 62.2º F.
November 2008 had 2.26" of rain, the average low temperature was 35.7ºF and the average high was 54.9º F.
November 2007 had 3.62" of rain, the average low temperature was 36.8ºF and the average high was 57.9º F.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
November 2006 had 4.1" of rain, the average low was 39.3ºF and the average high was 59.1º F.
November 2005 had 3.7" of rain, the average low was 38.8ºF and the average high was 60.7º F.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of November -
2011 - 58.72"
2010 - 52.71"
2009 - 55.53"
2008 - 51.99"
2007 - 39.19"
2006 - 47.6"
2005 - 45.9"